For over 20 years we have prided ourselves on providing robust, sturdy machines that last, across all industries. However, to make sure you are getting the most out of your steam cleaner investment, keeping your machine in the best working condition is key.

No matter the size of your business, any downtime is costly - large industrial facilities lose 27 hours a month to machine failures, on average, at the cost of $260,000 for each hour of unplanned downtime. Regardless of the size of your business or if you’re cleaning your home the last thing you want is to not be able to complete the task at hand because of your equipment.

In order to make sure you are getting the most out of your steam cleaner investment, keeping your machine in the best working condition is key. Simply put a bit care goes a long way.

There are 3 areas to consider for maintaining your dry steam cleaner:

•    i) HANDLING & STORING 

•   ii) REFILLING THE BOILER

•  iii) DEALING WITH LIMESCALE

When not in use storing your machine in a safe place not only helps keep the machine in top tip condition it prevents creating any kind of trip hazard whether you’re at home or work, be it from power cables or the hose itself. 

Not only that it prevents kinks in the hose, which can lead to eventual breaks in the hose.

Unnecessary damage to machinery is most often down to human error. Although our machines are solid and robust – stainless steel or hardened polymer bodies – they are not indestructible. Slamming into door frames, dropping downstairs, will likely cause wires to detach or maybe even crack the boiler.

Likewise, yanking a machine around by the hose will inevitably lead to cracks in the rubber and seals. 

THIS.IS.CRUCIAL.

In terms of caring for your steamer, the quickest way to cause irreparable damage is to but chemicals into the boiler. The 3 main issues to the machine itself are solidification inside the boiler, metal corrosion and element burn out. 

Most importantly, putting chemicals into the steamer can create a potentially toxic aerosol, which you as a user can ultimately breathe in.

When the boiler is empty on our steamer, an alarm/light will turn on, however unless it is turned off the pump will continue to pulsate and still try to draw in water. This in turn increases unnecessary wear on the machine, which is trying to overwork.

Please contact us to request a guide on how to drain your machine's boiler safely.

Much like a kettle, leaving water in the boiler of an idle machine for long periods will result in the build-up of limescale. Any increase in limescale on a heater element impedes its efficiency, even just a 2mm deposit causes up to 15% of additional energy consumption.

Boiler Plug on our SF Eco

Draining the boiler will flush out any scale that starts to build up within. 

When it comes to investing in a steam cleaner you no doubt took into account operational costs, pitting them against your earnings to justify the investment. If this then breaks down due to poor upkeep and doesn’t last as long as anticipated then it puts your bottom line in jeopardy.

Having a well-trained service engineer make periodic ‘check-ins’ on your machine will prevent issues from arising down the line. Much like your car’s service. Typically your car gets an annual service – a trained engineer inspects all facets of your automotive to ensure it’s in the best working condition.

We recommend taking out a preventative maintenance contract when purchasing one of our steam cleaners. We offer an array of service contracts for all budgets across our machines.